Paoliidae, Handlirsch, 1906

Paoliidae gen. et sp. indet.

Fig. 6 View Fig .

Material.—MNHN.F.A.95112, distal two-third of a wing overlapping the apex of a second wing, from coal slag heap N°7, Avion, Pas-de-Calais, France; Moscovian (Westphalian C/D equivalent to Bolsovian/Asturian), Middle Pennsylvanian, Carboniferous.

Description.—No trace of coloration; preserved part of wing 9.7 mm long, wing 4.9 mm wide; an irregular net of cells all over wing; three rows of cells between C and ScP and two longitudinal intercalary veins in-between; apex of ScP 9.7 mm of wing apex; R/RA nearly straight; base of RP 8.7 mm of wing apex; apex of RA 2.2 mm of wing apex; RP covering a large area and emitting at least six posterior branches; stem of M rather straight, with two posterior branches; a broad area between M and CuA; an “arculus” between M and CuA, slightly basad base of RP; CuA weakly undulate; a broad area between CuA and CuP with three posterior branches of CuA, but no distinct anterior branch; CuP poorly preserved but apparently straight; a vein posterior to CuA partly preserved.

Remarks.—This fossil is more poorly preserved than the other Paoliidae studied herein, but it is probably also a forewing because of its general shape. The very broad area between CuA and CuP, presence of several posterior branches of CuA, basal separation of M from CuA, with an “arculus” in-between, presence of anterior short veinlets between C and RA near its apex and the rather irregular reticulation suggest an attribution to the Paoliidae . It is quite different from Avionpaolia amansfossilia gen. et sp. nov. in the much broader area between CuA and M, but it is hardly comparable to the “ Paolia sp. ” already known from the same coal slag heap of Avion.